Medicaid fraud control unit - to investigate and prosecute medicaid provider fraud as well as patient abuse or neglect in health facilities and board and care facilities and of medicaid…

The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded $1.25 million to the Government of the Virgin Islands, Office of the Attorney General, on October 1, 2025, under the State Medicaid Fraud Control Units program (CFDA 93.775).

The recipient operates a Medicaid Fraud Control Unit to investigate and prosecute Medicaid provider fraud and patient abuse or neglect in health facilities, board and care facilities, and non-institutional settings where Medicaid beneficiaries reside. The award covers the performance period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The funding is distributed quarterly on a fiscal year basis. The State Medicaid Fraud Control Units program funds states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. Territories to establish and maintain a single identifiable government entity dedicated to investigating and prosecuting fraud and abuse within Medicaid. Award amounts are determined based on detailed descriptions of estimated expenditures submitted by applicants and must be re-certified annually by the Office of Inspector General.

Medicaid fraud control unit - to investigate and prosecute medicaid provider fraud as well as patient abuse or neglect in health facilities and board and care facilities and of medicaid beneficiaries in non-institutional or other settings.